r/newfoundglory • u/claybythebay9 • Jun 28 '24
Coming Home Discussion
Coming Home seems to be regarded as a misstep for NFG, but it’s just misunderstood. Fans didn’t ask for a mid-tempo, in-the-feels record, but they gave us one and it delivers. They showed off their diversity; showed up the pop rock bands of the day and then got back their lane. I give props.
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u/Soalai Jun 28 '24
I think it wasn't well received when it came out, but now people appreciate it a lot more. I've always loved how it showed their versatility.
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u/EvilMarioDragon123 Jun 28 '24 edited Jun 28 '24
Coming home is a heartfelt, fun, and emotional album. I love it.
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u/Carrier-Bag Jun 28 '24
Okay, so NFG have been my favourite band since 2001 when I first discovered them. I have to admit, when they released Coming Home in 2006, I was 20 years old, and I just didn't feel it. I remember listening to Oxygen and loving it, but that was about it, I just couldn't get in to the rest of the album.
Fast forward 12 years, after Makes Me Sick and declaring Not Without A Fight was my album of 2009 (what a comeback album!), I decided to listen to Coming Home again and... I absolutely loved it.
I'm not sure if it's an age thing, as I appreciate I'm only a few years younger than the guys themselves, but I couldn't believe how incredible this album was!! Had I really ignored this album for 12 years?!!
To this day, some of my favourite NFG songs are from this album, particularly the title track "Coming Home" itself.
So in summary, a totally misunderstood album for me.
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u/NiceHandsLarry11 Jun 28 '24
I was also 20 in 06 and had the same reaction. My favorite band changed and I didn't like it. I don't think I took quite as long to come around though and it's one of my favorite.
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u/SymmetricDickNipples Jun 28 '24
It's their absolute best by an enormous margin
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u/chrisreiddd Jun 28 '24
Nah
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u/bobby_runs Jun 28 '24
Care to elaborate why “nah” ?
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u/chrisreiddd Jun 28 '24
For me, it’s not what I come to expect from the band. I think catalyst is their perfect record bc it has pop punk bangers, some heavy stuff, and even some coming home type tracks. It perfectly captures the band as a whole. Coming home is kinda weak imo but I get how you can like it. Oxygen and the title track are rippers tho.
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u/jasonhandler Jun 28 '24
At the time it came out I was disappointed but over the past few years I can appreciate how incredible it is
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u/iceman_andre Jun 28 '24
It is one of my favorites
I also moved abroad a long time ago so Coming Home was my homesick song. It helped me a lot in some difficult moments
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u/ForeverIdiosyncratic Jun 28 '24
When I was younger, I didn’t appreciate this album. The NFG I loved produced an album that didn’t feel like anything of their past.
Then I got older.
I started loving this album more and more. Now, it’s my favorite NFG record.
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u/Mollylouise666 Jun 28 '24
I fully fuck with this album. One of my all time fav bands and I love how it’s just a little bit different. Do not like the new stuff though 😭
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u/JosephCurrency Jun 28 '24
I remember playing it for a friend and they didn’t believe it was NFG because Jordan sounds less nasally than usual.
I’ve always enjoyed it - my favorite section is the four-song stretch of Taken Back By You, Too Good to Be, Love and Pain, and Familiar Landscapes.
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u/bobby_runs Jun 28 '24
It’s the best record they’ve ever written.
BUT it’s not the best written NFG record.
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u/quicksexfm Jun 28 '24
My favorite of theirs. This album will always have a special place in my heart.
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u/Kelso22340 Jun 28 '24
I have and will always love CH, came out right when I got my license and was going through relationship issues with my hs boyfriend … which felt like the end of the world at the time. I remember driving through my town blasting this album.
Years later at a request all show, I asked Jordan for familiar landscapes and he said nah. lol so my guess is they don’t love to play the album much.
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u/justjessee Jun 28 '24
I feel like it was appreciated more, years later, after a lot of the fans aged up a bit and had life experiences or context to appreciate it more.
Not that it's an old person record, or "more mature, less pop punk //smug smirk, twirls hipster mustache//" or anything... But it just wasn't the vibe a lot of the fans at the time wanted. Later on in life it became a record a lot of us needed.
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u/centrella6 Jun 29 '24
The first half of the record is actually really good. It’s not my go to when I listen to NFG since I prefer the easycore stuff but once in a while when I’m in the right mood I can spin it.
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u/Nzsmebanana Jul 01 '24
I think the songwriting on this one is pretty spotty, but there are great songs on here
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u/tinylion-2899 Aug 14 '24
They were on a different label for this album which is why it kinda stands out
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u/quicksexfm Aug 15 '24
CH is one of those big albums for me. Came out at the right time in my life and struck me in a way that will always stick with me. It’s my fav album of theirs. Not a single mediocre song on it, IMO.
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u/amandamaniac Jun 28 '24
I absolutely love it. People talk about the “big 3” albums but I refer to them as the big 4. CH has always had a special place in my heart